"What do you plan to do now that you failed to thwart the enemy's scheme?"
When Hoshino returned to the room, Croissant had clearly witnessed the whole process and naturally saw the floating clump of cotton as well. Hoshino had said she was going to expose a conspiracy, yet now she had returned looking thoroughly defeated. Anyone with eyes could see the frustration radiating from her.
"In that case, I'll have to take a risky approach."
Hoshino muttered to herself.
"I'm calling in backup."
Shadow Dash's Shadow Clone had three slots. Hoshino thought of a character who could forcibly use spatial abilities to transfer objects from reality into Imaginary Space, though using the skill would leave her stunned.
Sky Ranger.
The incomplete Herrscher of the Void.
Hearing the shrine maiden speak with such confidence, Croissant scratched one of her horns in confusion. Something about this felt deeply wrong.
"This is Siracusa. Are you sure you can call anyone over?"
"Yae Shrine's sphere of influence is far larger than you imagine." Hoshino answered mysteriously. "Besides, how could someone as cautious as me possibly set off on a long journey without making any preparations?"
"Uh..."
Croissant recalled that, from beginning to end, the Siracusa affair seemed to have been led by Yae Sakura. Even Lappland's arrival in Lungmen had come from being captured by the shrine maiden. Who knew what had happened in between? Hadn't she gone to Lungmen to find Texas?
After so many incidents, she had gotten used to thinking more deeply whenever something involved the shrine maiden.
Many wrong and strange ideas came from [overthinking].
She only saw Hoshino mysteriously run out the door. From Croissant's vantage point, the shrine maiden entered a Siracusan women's bar.
Was she meeting a contact or something?
Croissant felt increasingly strange. She stood